ACDSee Photo Manager Series - ACDSee 12, ACDSee Pro 3, Photo Editor, Fotoslate, Canvas

View fast

ACDSee 12's viewing speed is second to none. Open photos from anywhere on your computer or e-mail with the fastest image viewing technology available. That means you spend less time waiting for your photos to load and more time enjoying them. Zoom through your latest shots, browse instant slide shows’, and enjoy full-size previews. Looking at your photos has never been this fun or this fast.

Browse your collection

Browse all your photos right away. Unlike catalog-based photo applications, you don’t need to waste valuable time importing files that are already on your computer and connected devices. Access your folders and files live, in real time. Sort, group and filter photos by camera information, edited state or other criteria for super fast scanning. You can also browse by date or event to see photos from a specific occasion.

Organize from the start

Hit the ground running. Specify categories, add keywords and create backups as you upload photos from your camera, card reader or other device. When importing is done, your images are ready for you to browse and share.

Manage everything in one place

Bring together over 100 file types into one convenient place. View, manage, and get extensive format support for your photos, audio, and video clips including BMP, GIF, JPG, PNG, PSD, MP3, MPEG, TIFF, WAV and many others. Take a look at the complete list of supported file formats.

Keep track of all your photos

Manage your collection the way that works best for you. Unlike other photo software, ACDSee doesn't impose a one-size-fits-all organization system. Create your own categories and keywords, mark favorites, edit your metadata, and rate your shots. Rename, resize, rotate, or edit file information on groups of photos at once. Plus tag your best photos and bring them all together for further editing or sharing.

Find any photo

ACDSee 12's powerful search tools can help you find any photo, even if you have thousands in your collection. Enter keyword phrases like “summer vacation” or “school play”, search only specific folders, and find that one special image with the Quick Search bar. Or perform more detailed searches and save them for ongoing use.

Perfect your photos with easy-to-use editing tools

Instantly correct exposure, fix red eye, and erase unwanted objects. Rescue photos that are too light or dark with a single click. Turn your photos black and white, add text, and put a finishing touch such as a vignette, border or drop shadow. Apply creative effects to selected areas of your photos. Edit with the peace of mind that your original files are never altered. With ACDSee, it's never too late to achieve the shot you were hoping to get.

Publish and store photos online

It's easier than ever to share your photos with friends and family online. Simply drag and drop files from ACDSee 12 to your own personal storage space on ACDSeeOnline.com. Your free account includes 2 GB of storage space.* Organize, sort and tag your photos online as you do on your desktop. Create public albums to showcase to the world, or share with only a select few. If you want, they can even download your images at full size. Plus, share photos from ACDSeeOnline.com to Facebook®** , and order high-quality frameless wall prints from fotoflōt®.

Share your photos in so many ways

Want even more ways to share your memories? Email images directly from ACDSee. Create CDs and DVDs of your photos. Seamlessly upload to sites like flickr™ and SmugMug, or to web spaces you manage through FTP. And with ACDSee’s print layout tools it’s easy to print your photos exactly the way you want.

Effortless organization

As a photographer, you have thousands of photos and generate more every day. With the flexibility offered by ACDSee Pro, you can customize your digital asset management to the way you like to work, making it easier to stay organized.

Instant access

Access your folders and files live, in real time. Unlike catalog-based photo applications, you don’t need to spend valuable time importing files that are already on your system and connected devices.

Metadata management

Adjust and leverage the EXIF, IPTC, XMP and custom metadata in your images with easy to use tools.

Fast and easy searching

Find individual photos or groups of images quickly and easily by image metadata and properties with powerful search capabilities.

Flexible browsing

Assign photos to one or more virtual categories for powerful browsing that is custom-designed for your collection.

Fast viewing

Display and examine full-size photos at unparalleled speeds with ACDSee Pro’s powerful image viewing technology. View over 100 different file types.

One-stop image processing

Quickly and easily complete global non-destructive adjustments and pixel-level edits in one intuitive workflow. Process camera RAW files, JPEGs and more. See the complete list of supported RAW formats.

Non-destructive editing

Easily perfect the exposure, color, clarity and geometry of your photos in Develop sub-mode, your non-destructive workshop.

Pixel-level editing

Quickly prepare your photos for publishing with ACDSee Pro’s pixel-level editor. Add watermarks, text, captions, vignettes and more.

Professional presentation

Effortlessly present, protect and archive your work with ACDSee Pro’s robust set of publishing tools. Create presentations, print and e-mail your photos, and easily manage your web presence with uploaders to flickr™, SmugMug, Zenfolio and your FTP accounts.

Easy online publishing

Simply drag and drop photos and folders from within ACDSee Pro to share and store images at your free* account on the ACDSee Online website.

Handle it all

Import existing graphics from over a hundred different standard and specialized formats, including DXF, DWG, CGM, Adobe® PDF, Scientific Imaging filters, and RAW picture files from leading camera manufacturers. Augment, apply effects, and export to another format. You can even export to multiple formats simultaneously. With Canvas 12, you can experience end-to-end workflow and seamless integration within complex engineering and scientific software and work environments.

Work flexibly with vector objects

Illustrate, edit and augment all forms of complex visual objects with Canvas 12's wide variety of professional tools and powerful Sprite technology. New features allow you to rejoin segment objects into one and fill the intersections of overlapping objects with a single click, while its proprietary SpriteLayers and SpriteEffects can be used to apply image and transparency effects without affecting the original object.

Access raster image editing tools

Why work within limits? Canvas 12 comes complete with a full suite of raster image editing features. Create, edit and augment raster images, including GIF, JPEG, TIFF, PICT, BMP and EPS, with a host of industry standard and specialized techniques, tools and filters. Design image compositions, retouch photos, paint and color-correct scanned images, create transparency effects and vignettes, age photos, clone pixels and much more. Work with both raster images and vector images at the same time, with access to the same tools, to enhance objects and images in countless ways.

Draw and dimension with precision

Create visuals from both raw and technical data. Choose from a variety of methods to input your exact coordinates, and Canvas 12, with its ability to represent any object property to within .035 microns, accurately turns your data into strong, real-time visual content that you can then enhance, review and publish. Resize and scale objects, add fill and stroke inks, widths and other attributes, and draw shapes – all with measured precision and placement.

Add on-the-fly illustration objects

Instantly add re-usable dynamic objects to drawings or as the basis for symbol pen strokes and inks. Access thousands of commonly used and specialized technical symbols from Canvas 12's pre-loaded Symbol Library collection, or create your own custom symbols using any vector object. You can also create custom symbol inks and pen strokes, and manage them all with flexibility. Move, add keywords, and re-categorize symbols to match your unique workflow needs.

Handle text with ease

Add professionally formatted and fully editable text to vector objects and raster images. Create multi-page text documents and technical publications using a full range of traditional text formatting and style tools. Format pages and columns, flow text, wrap, bind, proof and annotate. Handle text as you would a vector object – re-shape with precision, integrate into drawings, edit strokes, and more.

Make the most of your data

In specialized workflows that require high level format support and sophisticated methods of data acquisition, visualization and analysis, Canvas 12 has the crucial ability to accurately measure, edit, and export digital images that contain up to 32 bits per channel of data.

Engineer to perfection

Canvas 12 fully integrates with complex engineering work environments. Engineers working in the space, aircraft manufacturing, defense, utility, and petroleum industries rely on Canvas' unmatched set of major workflow features, including 3D View and CGM support, CAD-inspired dimensioning tools, and its overall precision and accuracy.

Publish professionally

Create impressive publications and presentations, in collaboration with colleagues. Canvas 12 has everything needed to design professional documents and presentations, including the Symbol Library and pre-installed Canvas symbol sets, top quality raster image rendering, robust page and text formatting, flowchart integration, and pre-press tools. Apply password and encryption protection, and share in a variety of print and Web-ready presentation formats, including HTML and Adobe® PDF complete with interactive hyperlinks.

Get Started Right Away

You don’t have to be a technical whiz to create beautiful layouts and gorgeous keepsakes. How-to lessons walk you through common tasks, with detailed and easy-to-follow steps. Antique a photo, apply a vignette, and create dazzling projects with ease. Spend less time guessing, and more time being creative with your photos.

NEW! If you need that extra boost of inspiration to get you started, Photo Editor comes packed with templates by top digital designers Andrea Gold, Maggie Lamarre and Vicki Stegall. You'll be on the fast track to creativity!

NEW! Add Text with Ease

Add text to your photos exactly the way you want. Use the drawing tools to create one-of-a-kind text paths that follow elements in your layout, like the hem of a dress or the flow of a river. Select a preset text path to complete your project even faster. Choose from one of a number of interesting designs, including the new Spiral, Bracket, Curlicue, Flower, Star, Heart or Leaf paths.

You can even wrap your words inside one of over 400 available shapes or create your own. Add large journaling blocks into these shapes with ease by typing directly inside the shape or pasting your text in from word processing programs like Microsoft Word®.

Scrapbooking Made Simple

Combine your photos and elements from your digital scrapbooking supplies to create layouts of your memories. Resize, correct and add effects to photos. Easily rotate your cropped selection to their desired placement. Work with embellishments, drop shadows, transparencies and text to create gorgeous keepsakes in no time.

NEW! Get impressive results quickly with the Trim to Shape tool. Punch out photos or patterned paper into 400 available shapes or create your own custom shapes.

Stylize and Adjust Photos

Correct your photos with powerful and fast fix tools including Red Eye, Dodge, Burn, Sharpen, and Smudge. Try the Auto-adjustments feature for one-click Auto Color Balance, Auto Levels, Auto Sharpen, or Auto Contrast. Use Auto Fix to make all the necessary adjustments for you at once, or take full control of each adjustment using sliders.

Easily add an artistic touch to your photos. Try a vignette to create polished portrait-style photos for your family tree. Blur your images, make colors more vivid, and apply various filters for dramatic effect. You’ll see up to 8 different previews to help you select the very best look.

NEW! Apply effects with the peace of mind of knowing that your original image stays intact. With Dynamic Adjustments, you have the freedom to experiment. Quickly modify existing effects, switch their order for a different result, or delete them at any time. It's creativity with the ultimate control.

NEW! Fast Track to Results

Complete projects more quickly than ever with Photo Editor's improved performance speed. Easily select from among overlapping objects, and choose the exact place where you want to paste your objects with the new Paste and Place option. Open, load and use brush files to enhance your layouts.

Save time

Dramatically reduce the time you spend making print and contact sheet projects. Turn photos into contact sheets, wallet sized prints for sharing or 5 x 7 images in no time. You can also save printing time by customizing pages exactly to your specifications and then saving them to re-use again and again.

Save money

Save money on ink by using the Test Print feature to check how your print is aligned before you process the job. Save money on expensive printer paper by using the smart Paper Saver Wizard to automatically fit the maximum number of pictures possible onto one page. Just specify how many prints of each size you want and FotoSlate 4 instantly gives you the best fit.

Improve Your Image Quality

Improve the quality of low-resolution photos with the click of a button, thanks to FotoSlate's "Clear IQZ" digital image resampling technology. Turn low-resolution online photos (such as 75 ppi images) into better prints. Get rich, faithful color representation from camera to final print with FotoSlate.

Create Custom Calendars

Now you can load recognized holidays with local settings into your customized calendars using the improved Calendar Wizard. Simply open Calendar Object Properties, click on the Special Days tab, select the day, date, and nature of the event (such as birthdays and anniversaries), and you're set. Experiment with your projects' style by selecting from new insertable image template shapes - at the touch of a key.

Frame the perfect photo

Get a perfect finishing touch for your print projects with frames that come in a variety of themes including family, wedding, travel, sports and many more. All you have to do is pick a frame that suits your project, then print to your heart's content.

Save Your Projects in PDF Format

The power of PDF functionality automatically compresses your files for easier, glitch-free storage. Increase your file sharing capabilities with this convenient, universal file format.